The MPHPT today submitted an inquiry to the
Telecommunications Council (chaired by AKIYAMA Yoshihisa, chairman
of the Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.) concerning measures
for advancing emergency message functions in the telecommunications
business. The outline of the inquiry is as follows:

(1) Investigation system: A Committee for the Advancement of
Emergency Message Systems has been set up under the Information
and Communications Technology Sub-Council of the Telecommunications
Council.
(2) Investigation topics:
a) Technical conditions related to the function of providing
location information on callers sending emergency messages from
cell phones
b) Measures for preserving important communications such as
emergency messages on IP networks